Did Sen Tester claim his logging bill would have stopped wildfire?
Yesterday I wrote about a new study from the Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research station, which found that fuel reduction logging and thinning prior to the Fourmile Canyon Fire outside of Boulder,...
View ArticleLawsuit filed against CE logging in IRA, WSA, RNA and Old-Growth
We’re discussed the appropriate, or inappropriate, use of Categorical Exclusions (CE’s) by the Forest Service in the past (here and here). What about a CE for a 17,000 acre logging project that...
View ArticleIn-Depth: How Tester’s mandated logging bill has divided conservationists
“If there’s any reason that the Tester bill has not moved along better than it has, it’s because of its mandates that there not only be logging, but that certain amounts of timber be extracted....
View ArticleUpdate: Montana Citizens Given Zero Notice or Opportunity to Participate in...
Last week Steve shared this article about Montana Governor Steve Bullock nominating 5.1 million acres of National Forest lands in Montana for “fast track” logging under the recently passed Farm Bill....
View ArticleBoth Sides of the Fence – Another Look at the Defense Bill Natural Resource...
Photo by Alayna DuPont – Rocky Mountain Front, Montana Last week, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), sending it on to the Senate and then to Obama for...
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